Improvement in bags for gathering fruit



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NAPOLEON B. DIXON vAND MAYRON W. SPRAGUE, OF l ROCHESTER., NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO N. B. DIXON.

Letters Patent No. 97,061, dated November 23, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAGS FOR GFATHERING- FRUIT.

The Schedule referred to in thse Letters Patent, and. making part of the same.

Be it knownv that we, NAPOLEON B. DIXON and MYRON V. SPRAGUE, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement iii-Bags for Gathering Fruit; and we also hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference heilig had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specilication, in which- Figure lis a View of 'the bag closed and ready for use, and

Figure 2 is a view of the bag, with the safety-skirt dropped and the gathering-cord released, showing the bottom of the bag open for the discharge of the i'uit.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

We construct the bag A, fig. 1, of any required size and of any suitable material.

The upperend of the bag is distended by a hoop, B, provided with loops or eyes aa, to which is at# tached a bail, O, having a portion of its upper part bentinto a yoke, b.

Around the opening of the lower end of the bag we insert eyelets, through lwhich is run a cord, -D, whereby is gathered in and closed the end of the bag.

lhe end of said cord is formed into a loop, c, which, when the bag is used, is passed over the yoke of the bail, as shown in ig.,l.

The" bag is also provided, when needed, with a safety-skirt or lappet, E, attached to and across one side of its lower and open end, whereas the other end of the lappet is free, and terminating with a cord, G, provided with a loop, F, which, when the bag is used, is passed over the bail-yoke, in like manner as the tirst, and before the hook H, by which the bag is suspended, is hooked into the yoke, preparatoryto the bag being raised into the tree for use, yas shown in the drawing, fig. 1.

The rope G', whereby the bag is handled whiie in use, has its lower end attached to the yoke. A short distance above its attachment therewith, is secured a hook, H, above referred to. By said hook the bag is suspended when in use or being lled with fi'uit.

The attachment ofthe rope to the bail has no other object than to disengage or east oli' the loops when the bag is emptied, and to draw it up again into the tree for readj ustment.

It will be seen that on using the bag, the gatheringcord D and safety-lappet or skirt are lirst looped over the yokebefore the lifting-rope is hooked into it, thereby eectually closing the bottom of the bag.

The praotical'operation of this bag is as follows:

The bottom of the bag, on being closed as above described, is then raised into the tree to be filled, which, when done, is then lowered to Vthe ground. The hook drops out of the yoke. The rope, on being drawn tight, throws of the loops. The bag may now be drawn up; the safety-skirt falls off, the gatheringcord relaxes, and the fruit is discharged through the lower end ofthe bag.

Fruit thus discharged is less liable to `injury from bruises than-when the bag is turned bottoni upward for discharging.

Te `are aware that fruit-bags have been used, having an opening at the bottoni through which to discharge the fi'uit; therefore we do not claim broadly a fruit-bag having a dischargiug-opening at the bottom but I i/Vhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv A fruit-bag, so constructed that the mouth thereof is disteuded by a hoop, B, provided with a bail, C, yoke b, hook H, rathering-cords D, and a lappet, E, all arranged and combined to operate in the manner substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

NAPOLEON B. DIXON.

p MYRON W. SPBAGUE.

Witnesses:

H. A. OLUM, F. N. BINGHAM. 

